This Law Firm Publication by Ford & Harrison LLP discusses the Texas Supreme Court's decision in In re Frank Kent Motor Company d/b/a Frank Kent Cadillac. In that case, an at-will employee argued that his waiver of a jury trial was invalid because he was coerced into signing it when his employer threatened to terminate his employment if he did not sign it. The Texas Supreme Court upheld the jury trial waiver, holding that the employer's threat was not coercion that would invalidate the jury trial waiver because the employer had a legal right to fire the at-will employee for almost any reason, including the employee's refusal to accept new employment terms.